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PUBLISHED BY 

FARTHER LIGHTS SOCIETY 

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 

SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



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Copyrighted 1915 
By MRS W. W. DAWLEY 



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WILLIAM WALLACE DAWLEY 

Dr* W* W* Dawley was born September 20, 1850, at 
North Wilna, Jefferson County, New York* He re- 
ceived his education in the Academy at Antwerp, in 
Watertown High School, and in Hamilton College, 
from which he was graduated in 1875, from the classi- 
cal course, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts* In 
the following year he received the degree of Bachelor 
of Laws and was admitted to the bar in Utica* While 
studying for the bar he was also vice-principal of Am- 
sterdam Academy, and, after his admission, he prac- 
ticed law in that city for one year* 

But neither in education nor in law was he to do his 
life's work* In 1877 he felt the call to the ministry and 
entered Colgate Theological Seminary, graduating two 
years later with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity* 
During his seminary course he acted as pastor of the 
Baptist church at Whitesboro* 

His successive pastorates before coming to Syracuse 
were at Guelph, Ontario; at the First Baptist Church at 
Gloversville ; at the Woodland Park Baptist Church, 
St* Paul, Minnesota; at the First Baptist Church in 
Duluth; and finally at the Central Baptist Church of 
Minneapolis* When Dr* Dawley went to Minnesota 
it was a missionary field with very few strong Baptist 
churches* The " Standard" of Chicago spoke of his 
work there as follows: 

"Dr* Dawley came from New York to Minnesota in 
1887* During the seventeen years of his residence in 
the state he has served as pastor of important churches 
in the three largest cities in the state: Woodland Park 
Church, St* Paul, six years; First Church, Duluth, 
three years ; Central Church, Minneapolis, eight years* 

"During his pastorate of the Central Church the in- 
debtedness of $12,000 has been cleared off, the church 



building repaired and redecorated t the annual benevo- 
lent offerings increased nearly 100 per cent t and by the 
voluntary act of the church the pastor's salary increased 
three or four times* There has been a net increase in 
the membership of 120, and a flourishing mission has 
been established* 

"His work in the pastorate, however, does not by 
any means show his value to the work in the North- 
west, where he has been a tower of strength* Just to 
mention some of the positions he has filled will indicate 
how heartily he has entered into the denominational 
life of the cities, in his pastorates, and the state: Pres- 
ident of the St* Paul Baptist Union, president of the 
Duluth Associated Charities, president of the Twin- 
Cities' Baptist Ministers t Conference and the Minneap- 
olis Interdenominational Ministers' Conference, mem- 
ber of the board and executive committee of the State 
Convention during nearly all his residence in the state, 
moderator of associations and president Minnesota 
Baptist Education Society* Generous and accommo- 
dating, he has ever been ready to respond to calls for 
service* Lecturing, delivering sermons at dedications, 
assisting weak churches in evangelistic meetings, his 
time and strength have been freely given to the larger 
work of the Lord's kingdom while at the same time he 
was faithful to the church of which he was pastor* 

"Judicious as a counselor, able as a preacher, faith- 
ful as a pastor, genial as a Christian gentleman, be- 
loved as a friend and fellow-worker, Dr* Dawley, with 
the experience of his extended service in the state, 
easily ranks first as a leader in Baptist work in Minne- 
sota/' 

Returning east Dr* Dawley became pastor of the 
Central Baptist Church in Syracuse* During the six 
years of this pastorate a debt of $22,400 was paid, and 
the church was signally blessed in all departments of 
its work* 



In 191 the Central Baptist Church and the First 
Baptist Church united, with Dr* Dawley as pastor of 
the combined congregations* Daring the next four 
years the magnificent temple now occupied by the 
church was planned and built, the dedication being 
held May 31 1 1914* For more than a year Dr* Dawley 
served as pastor in the new building, but in April, 1915, 
was compelled by illness to relinquish active work, and 
in August was made pastor emeritus* 

In many localities he has received signal honors* In 
1899 Colgate University conferred upon him the de- 
gree of Doctor of Divinity* Besides the various posi- 
tions held by him in Minnesota as mentioned in the 
quotation above, he has, since coming to Syracuse, been 
president of the Ministerial Union and trustee of the 
New York State Baptist Educational Society* 

At the request of the American Baptist Publication 
Society Dr* Dawley wrote a most valuable book enti- 
tled 'Truths that Abide"* Of this book the "Watch- 
man" of Boston spoke as follows: 

" Truths that Abide/ Under this title Dr* W* W* 
Dawley, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Syracuse, 
has given a terse, brief treatise on theology for young 
people* In sharp, simple phrases he presents the sub- 
stance of many more voluminous volumes on system- 
atic theology* Without the use of theological terms, 
he states the evangelical views of God, man, the Bible, 
salvation, sin, sanctification, church polity and of things 
to come* The whole ground of theology is covered 
from Deity to Eschatology, and yet the reader never 
realizes that he is studying theology, so interestingly 
are the points stated, and so naturally is the thought 
developed* The little book is primarily intended for 
young Christians, that they may be rooted and grounded 
in the truth, but there are many older people who will 
be glad to take this easy and engaging course in theol- 
ogy with Dr* Dawley*" 



The "Examiner" commented on "Truths that Abide" 
in part as follows : 

"Twelve lessons on the most momentous themes 
with which we are, in part, familiar, viz*, God, Man, 
Revelation, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, etc* Old 
themes, these are, but they are here presented and 
compacted so as to make intensely interesting reading*" 

He has also done much lecturing, two of his best 
known lectures being "Grumbling" and "The Other 
Fellow*" 

In the midst of his many busy pastorates, Dr* Dawley 
has always taken a deep interest in all agencies de- 
signed for the uplift of humanity* His interest has 
been particularly keen in the work of the Young Men's 
Christian Association and in all lines of educational 
work* 

Undoubtedly the culmination of Dr* Dawley's career 
is found in the uniting of the two churches, which now 
constitute the First Baptist Church of Syracuse, and in 
the erection of its wonderful house of worship* For 
more than five years he has served the united churches 
with complete success* Perfect harmony has prevailed* 
Tremendous difficulties have been overcome* Enor- 
mous financial burdens have been successfully provided 
for* The membership has been largely increased, and 
the church has been greatly blessed spiritually* 

Tender as a woman, manly as the manliest of men, 
combining the simplicity and directness of childhood 
with the wisdom of ripe experience, sympathetic in 
sorrow, yet cheerful and even jovial on occasion, un- 
tiring in service, devoted to the work of his church and 
of the Christian ministry, Dr* Dawley stands out today 
as one of the foremost preachers and pastors of his 
denomination in America; and, best of all, he holds a 
position in the love and reverence of his people such 
as it is given to but few men in all time and in all the 
world, to inspire* 



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Happy New Year to each and all of you, whether 
old or young* Happy may you be in doing all that 
God may reveal to you as your duty* Happy may 
you make others who are in need of a tender touch, 
a radiant look, a cheering word, or a timely lift* Happy 
may you make your church by your exhibition of a 
real Christian spirit in all your dealings with others; 
in your readiness to fall into line with what the ma- 
jority think wise and best; in emphasizing the encour- 
aging features of its work, and in thinking of your 
fellow-members at their best* Happy may you make 
those whom you have chosen to supervise the inter- 
ests of the church by a cheerful co-operation with one 
another; by giving to the extent of your ability towards 
furthering the many activities in which we are engaged ; 
and by daily interceding for one another at the Throne 
of Grace* 

New experiences, and sweet, in your whole life 
may you realize. New avenues of service for God 
and mankind may you frequently discover* New 
views of God and His revealed truths may you gain 
daily* New strength may you feel, infilling your 
soul and invigorating your body* New love may you 
find, thrilling your heart and impelling you to seek 
the salvation of those about you* New pleasures 
may you know, enrapturing your being as you see 
that your labors are not in vain* New virtues may 
you reveal, transfiguring your life* New graces may 



there be given you, crowning your character* Ne\ 
friends may you make to help when the way is hard, 
to lift with you when the burdens are heavy, and tc 
stand by you when hopes are crushed and griefs bite 
and sting* 

A Year filled with rewards, rich and rare, for serv- 
ices rendered in love and faith, without the thought 
of recompense; a year abounding with successes fror 
opportunities seized and seasons observed; a yea 
like a beacon-light, guiding your way and beckoning 
you on to to greater achievements ahead; a year made 
memorable by the greatness of your faith, the grand- 
eur of your thoughts and the growth of your spiritual 
being; a year signalized by your championship of the 
right, your conquest over the wrong and your charity 
towards all people; this and more is what your pastor 
would like to help you to be and for which he will strive 
and pray* 



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FIRST 

I will help as many as I can t in all the ways I can t as 
often as I can; and see in others all the good I can and 
remedy all the bad I can* whenever I can t that I may 
be a help to God and better things all I can* 

SECOND 

The new year will not be an oasis where we are to 
settle down in indolent ease t but an opportunity for 
strenuous and productive endeavor* 

THIRD 

The inspiration of life comes from the sympathetic 
words and the sympathetic touch of those dear to us* 

FOURTH 

God gives His personal supervision to your life and 
mine* 

FIFTH 

In spite of its mistakes the church of God is the best 
society in the world to-day* holding out the highest 
ideals and proffering the greatest helps to the feeblest 
people* 

SIXTH 

Purity and power are almost synonymous in the re- 
ligious world* 

SEVENTH 

Residences do not make or mar a city* but residents 
do* 



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EIGHTH 



Let God come into a life as a companion, and a man 
can be happy in a dungeon or a palace* 

NINTH 

If you are carrying happiness into a human life and 
help to a human soul, you are on the highway to the 
sweetest pleasure that ever thrilled your souL 

TENTH 

If you are in the Kingdom, remember there is an- 
other out of it whom you ought to seek to bring into it* 

ELEVENTH 

We ought to have kings crowned here — young men 
born into the Kingdom of God and imperial in char- 
acter* 

TWELFTH 

The church of God is an association of imperfect 
people who are making toward perfection under the 
tuition and superintendence of the Perfect One* 

THIRTEENTH 

Faith in Almighty God will not supplant your own 
ingenuity nor make unnecessary your best judgment 
and best work* 

FOURTEENTH 

God wants not so much leadership in great things 
as people to do the inconspicuous things that may con- 
tribute to a glorious victory* One Dewey, but many 
soldiers! One President, but hosts of citizens! 



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FIFTEENTH 

The possibilities of obedience to Almighty God are 
very large, and the results both helpful and lucrative* 

SIXTEENTH 

God has always used the choice instruments of 
youth for His purposes and the accomplishments of 
His grandest achievements* 

SEVENTEENTH 

Habit always carries us in the direction in which it 
is itself headed* It may lead us to heaven, home and 
happiness, or to peril, penury and perdition* 



EIGHTEENTH 

It is a great thing to be a friend of Jesus Christ* for 
it brings great disclosures of the divine purposes and 



NINETEENTH 

The way the members of a church do business will 
settle how much business the church can do* 

TWENTIETH 

Your life can contribute to the uplift of the world 
and the down-bringing of heaven into that world* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

The faith that Jesus wants us to have is trust enough 
in Him to do His bidding* This is obedience to His 
revealed will* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

The joy of an obedient people was in a God who 
could wring rain out of a blazing sky t could pile up 
waters to make for them a dry pathway, could tunnel 
mountains, make crooked paths straight, and bring 
light out of darkness* 

TWENTY-THIRD 

Sacrifice is absolutely essential to true friendship, 
and the delight of the true friend is to make that sacri- 
fice. 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

Carving character is a choicer calling than cutting 
coupons, and making manhood better than making 
money* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

The demand of the age is for drivers, not dreamers; 
pushers rather than pouters; workers rather than wor- 
riers. 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

Pleasures are meant of God for a wise purpose, but 
they are not to be made the chief aim of life. 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

You will never know how weak your faith is until it 
is tried, nor how strong your God is until you try Him. 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

Rejoicing is more refeshing than repining; singing 
is more salubrious than sighing; smiling is sweeter 
than scowling; whistling is more winsome than whin- 
ing. 



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TWENTY-NINTH 

The loveliest flowers sometimes bloom in unlove- 
liest places, and the noblest characters can be builded 
amidst the most unfavorable surroundings* 

THIRTIETH 

Temper can be modified, controlled, educated and 
trained until it becomes tractable, thereby contributing 
help to its possessor* 

THIRTY-FIRST 

It is a sin for you to be satisfied with the good 
things when you can have the better, and you are sin- 
ful to be satisfied with the better when you can have 
the best* 



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UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE 

I walked into the vestibule of a photographer's 
rooms the other day and stood near the rooms await- 
ing some one to attend to my orders* As I stood in 
the hallway I heard a continuous ringing of the elec- 
tric bell, and wondered what it meant and who was 
so persistent in his calls* Soon a gentleman ap- 
proached me, and, as the bell kept ringing, I jokingly 
said, "I am not ringing it/' He smiled and said, 
"I guess that you are standing upon it/' He motioned 
me to step aside and as I did so the noise ceased* I 
had been standing on the electric button that had been 
placed underneath the carpet so that each customer 
would ring the bell as he came in, but I knew it not* 
I had been setting in motion forces without knowing it* 

So we are all unconsciously stirring up forces in 
others' lives* We meet in society, congregate to- 
gether in church, associate in business, or rejoice 
together in festive throngs, and know not that we are 
as surely awakening powers or giving direction to 
impulses in others' hearts, as I was exciting the elec- 
tricity while unconscious of it* We are unknow- 
ingly to ourselves through our daily lives doing that 
which may ring the bells of hope or toll the knell of 
despair for those who are watching us while we think 
not* 



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FIRST 

Great things, like happiness, come to men when they 
are not looking for them, and many a jewel is espied 
when seeking another's weal* 

SECOND 

Habit may be a benignant ruler or a satanic despot* 
It is like gravitation, unseen but not inoperative* 

THIRD 

My part is to trust my Lord; His is to see that it 
comes to pass* My part is to begin; His is to see me 
through* 

FOURTH 

Don't worry your soul thin fretting because of evil 
doers, nor waste your strength worrying over troubles 
that have not yet come to you* 

FIFTH 

Perfect people are not over-numerous, neither do 
they tarry long in this world* There never was but 
one faultless Being here, and Him they put to death* 

SIXTH 

You can call Almighty God in a whisper and have 
Him in your home if you call Him, and as a traveling 
companion if you will invite Him to accompany you* 

SEVENTH 

Both happiness and hardship are brought into our 
lives by others* Both weal and woe enter our homes 
with some visitors* 



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EIGHTH 

Hope is anticipation with a reasonable ground of 
expectancy* It has two elements, desire and expecta- 
tion united* 

NINTH 

The church of God was original with God and given 
to the world as the fruit of His wisdom and evidence 
of His love* 

TENTH 

A man's life-work is like a deposit committed by 
Almighty God to him; the way to guard the deposit 
is to let Him lead the man in performing it* 

ELEVENTH 

Purpose, plan and push are the trinity that bring 
success* But not even two of them amount to much 
without the third* 

TWELFTH 

God judges us by our designs as well as our doings* 
He sees our aspirations, while our friends see only our 
attainments* 

THIRTEENTH 

The weakness of one may be an over-growth of sin 
and that of another an under-growth of grace* 

FOURTEENTH 

When God calls and opens the way He supplies the 
means for the accomplishment of the end* 



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FIFTEENTH 

Every branch is itself taken away or has something 
taken away from it; is either pruned or plucked* 

5 SIXTEENTH 

Three things are an abomination to God and a libel 
on man — a know-nothing, a do-nothing and a be- 
nothing* 

SEVENTEENTH 

Faith in God coupled with your own capability will 
bring you to a work you can do, and that work per- 
formed will meet the exigency of the hour* 

EIGHTEENTH 

Certain elements are necessary to true friendship: 
First* agreement on the great fundamentals of life; 
second, unselfishness; and third* unwillingness to 
either give or take offence* 

NINETEENTH 

Not he who rules over the most* but he who helps 
the most* is the greatest man according to the divine 
measure of greatness* 

TWENTIETH 

It is the discovery in us of metal in quantities large 
enough to pay for working that occasions our being 
put into the crucible* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

It is a great thing to be near the kingdom* but it is 
a greater thing to be in it* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

Great occasions evoke great powers for the accom- 
plishment of great ends* 

TWENTY-THIRD 

Christianity is the only thing that gives you a hope 
of the life that we live here and also of that which is 
to come* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

It is a mistake to think the church is simply a ban- 
queting place for Christians to enjoy themselves* It is 
a drill house for discipline, a training place for toilers* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

Make your life so tell that your home, your com- 
munity, your nation, may be better because you have 
lived and influenced them* 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

The thing that made Ruth famous was what she did 
for somebody else, and that thing opened for her a life 
task, big with possibilities and blessings* 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

You may have too many friends as well as too few* 
Friendship, like money, may be a curse as well as a 
comfort, a hindrance as well as a help* 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

Our character and our tastes determine what will 
afford us pleasure in life* The way we develop them 
early in life will settle what we will seek later* 



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If we could catch some glimpse of that which God 
knows, some of these hard strokes would seem to be 
the touch of a loving hand t and many of the obstacles 
over which we have to climb would seem to be but 
inspiration touching the gold crowned summits beyond* 



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FIRST 

God not only forgives sin but He supplies every 
need of the forgiven sinner* 

SECOND 

Character is a building unseen, but constructed by 
works that are seen; an entity that cannot be handled, 
and yet is the work of hands* 

THIRD 

It is easier to promise than to fulfill; to hire out than 
to work out; to think what you'll do than to do what 
you think* 

FOURTH 

It is an awful thing to be a traitor, and because he 
has been loyal once won't make acceptable his treason, 
nor thwart its baneful results* 

FIFTH 

^ The Great Commission might be paraphrased thus: 
Go everywhere; preach to every person and save every- 
thing* 

SIXTH 
It is not what we have in the heart, but what we 
express, that is a tonic to the tired toiler* 

SEVENTH 

We cannot make the departed happy by making 
ourselves miserable, nor make the memory of them 
sweeter by being sour ourselves* 



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E IGHTH 

It is the greatness and immediacy of danger that 
fire great souls and fascinate heroic men and women* 

NINTH 

If God has blessed you* He has done it for a pur- 
pose* If God has delivered you* He has done it in 
order that you might help someone else* 

TENTH 

The conquering church will be a consecrated church* 
becoming triumphant by turning to the triumphant 
Christ* 

ELEVENTH 

A man may believe something without accomplish- 
ing much* but he can't accomplish much without be- 
lieving something* 

TWELFTH 

The mission of salt is to preserve, to cure and to 
save* The Christian is placed in this world to save 
all that is worth helping* 

THIRTEENTH 
The great question is not how we can get up to 
heaven* but how can we get heaven down to earth* 

FOURTEENTH 

You can tell what a man wears in his heart by what 
wares he keeps on his shelves* 



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FIFTEENTH 

The church that isn't ministering to this world isn't 
Christian, for the Christ came not to be ministered 
unto but to minister* 

SIXTEENTH 

Do not talk religion to a distressed soul until you 
have tried to relieve his misery* A loaf of bread for 
his stomach may open the door to his heart* 

SEVENTEENTH 

You are not going to win many by printing dodgers 
and hiring messenger boys to leave them at people's 
doors* but you may by your personal presence and 
help in their homes* 

EIGHTEENTH 

When God opens the way it leads to something, — 
something of worth and something worth doing* 

NINETEENTH 

The world watches us six days in the week to learn 
what we mean by what we do on the seventh* 

TWENTIETH 

The man who creates a good habit in himself creates 
a momentum that will help himself over the hard spot 
ahead* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

Our friendships can either make or unmake us* ac- 
cording to their character* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

Adherence to the principles taught by Jesus Christ, 
other things being equal, makes you stronger phys- 
ically than any other one thing* 

TWENTY-THIRD 

"The other side," that of the other fellow, is the side 
we know too little about, and the side in which we are 
too little interested* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

If God meant us to live half of our lives in the light 
He meant us to spend a part of our time in delight* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

Faith jumps on reason's shoulders, and from its 
loftier outlook discovers what reason cannot see* 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

You cannot take Jesus Christ into your life and not 
be a bigger and better person than you were before* 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

The time to put out the fire is before it has burned 
the building, and the time to put away wrong-doing 
is before it has ruined your life* 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

It is an exceptional thing for a man to give as much 
to his church as to his lodge* 



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TWENTY-NINTH 

Men may prove false, God never* Men may lie, but 
God cannot* 

THIRTIETH 

God can never be surprised, and no enemy can take 
Him unawares, neither can hard times throw Him into 
bankruptcy* 

THIRTY-FIRST 

The mightiest thing in this world aside from Al- 
mighty God is thought* Get a man to think and you 
have made it impossible for him to remain long what 
he is now* 



AM 



TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW 

The children of Ephraim fled from their enemies 
in the day of battle because they had not fled from 
their sins before the battle* Had they kept sin out 
of their lives before they met their foe t they might 
have kept their foes out of their city in the time of 
conflict* If we wish to conquer the foe whom we face, 
we need to look well to our living before we meet 
him* We cannot do anything we wish to-day and 
expect God will deliver us to-morrow when our tempt- 
ations and foes get the best of us* 



April 






FIRST 

God never created a single thing unless He did it to 
fulfill a specific purpose in His economy* 

SECOND 

Every time you let evil come into your life you are 
weakening your ability for the work ahead. Present 
sin means future impotence* 

THIRD 

The Bible is a religious book given for religious in- 
struction, and not a treatise on science, philosophy or 
political economy* 

FOURTH 

Not all men that live in the same community are 
alike in character and conduct, and will not be in their 
compensation* 

FIFTH 

God Almighty is calling to men to-day as in years 
gone by to use what He has given in compliance with 
a divine order* 

SIXTH 

Every one of us has two things to face, prospect and 
retrospect; two things of which to think, that which 
we hope for ahead and that which we have done be- 
hind* 

SEVENTH 

Jesus Christ is a congenial companion, a faithful 
friend, a powerful partner, and a sure Saviour* 



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EIGHTH 

Chariots of iron can't work in softened clay, but God 
is not hampered by clods, wet or dry* 

NINTH 

The greatest work which has ever been done on 
earth is trying to help our fellow men into the King- 
dom of Jesus Christ* 

TENTH 

Just imagine what soldiers would do if each fought 
just as he felt like doing! How much mightier and 
more effective they are when working according to the 
commander's mind* 

ELEVENTH 

When impatient desire gets hold of the reins, your 
carriage is apt to run into the ditch* 

TWELFTH 

A ministering church will grow in numbers, in spir- 
ituality and in harmony* 

THIRTEENTH 

If your religion does not make you better at home, 
truer in society, and more upright in business, do not 
expect your acquaintances to covet it* 

FOURTEENTH 

Don't worry about dying grace, but seek living 
grace* Live right and your dying will be right* 



April 



FIFTEENTH 

You ought to have some part in swinging a world 
into line with Jesus Christ* and replevying a lost 
world for God* 

SIXTEENTH 

God's purpose doesn't need any dishonest means to 
help it along* nor His church artificial stays to keep it 
from falling* 

SEVENTEENTH 

Light and human disease are deadly enemies* and 
light and sin cannot get along amicably in the same 
heart* 

EIGHTEENTH 

Jesus Christ means that you and I are to be what 
He is* and proffers all that is needful to make us such* 

NINETEENTH 

Christians must see God for the world* must hear 
God for them and take God's grace to them* 

TWENTIETH 

Tongue and temper are tied together, and he who 
can control the one is master of the other* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

You can't sow tares in the shape of bad thoughts 
and garner wheat in the shape of a good life* 






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TWENTY-SECOND 

Take the present tense out of the twenty-third 
psalm and you haven't much left* "Write IS in capital 
letters* 

TWENTY-THIRD 

Custom is changeable and capricious* but Christ is 
changeless and constant* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

What couldn't you do if instead of being moulded 
you would mould sentiment* thought* conviction? 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

The best things in this world are not purchasable by 
money* but both rich and poor can have them by co- 
operation with God* 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

God wants to impart Himself to us and bring us 
into loving fellowship with Himself and make us re- 
cipients of His power for service* 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

God is willing to bear our burdens* forget our past* 
forgive our sins* and look after our future* 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

Man* you may give your money* but God wants you 
and will be satisfied with nothing less* 



April 



TWENTY-NINTH 

Christopher Columbus came that he might discover 
a world; Jesus Christ came that he might recover a 
world* 

THIRTIETH 
The more you do, the more you will be able to do* 



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HE KNEW IT NOT 

Late one winter night as I entered a street car, when 
the thermometer registered something like twenty- 
five degrees below zero, I saw a man come in carrying 
a bundle in his arms, closely wrapped, while he had 
no overcoat upon himself ♦ I wondered why he should 
be out such a bitter night without an overcoat to pro- 
tect him from the biting cold* As he sat down he 
began to loosen slightly the wrapping around the mys- 
terious package in his arms, and as he did so the pas- 
sengers beheld a sleeping boy enfolded in the father's 
own overcoat* To protect the little lad from possible 
danger he had taken off his own coat and put it around 
the child he loved more than he did himself* But 
that slumbering lad was all unconscious of the love 
that was shielding him in his repose* and probably 
never knew how his father had shivered in the cold 
night to keep him warm and safe* 

Then said that heart of mine to me as I still gazed 
upon the father and son* "so hath thy Heavenly Father 
thrown about thee His protection in the hours when 
thou knewest it not, when thou hast slumbered amidst 
perils, or walked among dangers of which thou didst 
never know*" 



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FIRST 

Faith that cannot be seen is not worth having, and 
a religion that will not lift is spurious* True religion 
is both tactful and tactual* 



SECOND 

Christ came to found a visiting religion, for pure and 
undefiled religion is to visit others and keep oneself* 



THIRD 

Duty is always in the positive degree and present 
tense* There is no superlative degree nor future tense 
in duty* 

FOURTH 
Help us to carry joy not sorrow into another's heart* 

FIFTH 

In every career you will find something worth prais- 
ing, if you look for it* 



SIXTH 

Don't lose heart: Time won't be called until you 
have a chance* 



SEVENTH 

That which Adam forfeited, Jesus Christ restores* 



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EIGHTH 

It is not that which you have attained, bat that 
which you are running after that fires the powers 
within you* 

NINTH 

The mouth that opens oftenest to praise tastes most 
of the sweets of Heaven* 

TENTH 

There isn't one in the cloistered cell, in the jangles 
of the old world, in the prairies of the new world, or in 
the bustling city, who hasn't fed on the wares of our 
God* 

ELEVENTH 

God never gave you a gift, whether head or heart, 
mind or muscle, without having something in mind 
tor you to do with it* 

TWELFTH 

The time a fallen one needs most a helping hand is 
when he is trying to get up* 






THIRTEENTH 

A rumor, like a snowball, grows bigger and bigger 
the farther it rolls* 

FOURTEENTH 

The divine spirit makes a disciple dutiful, decided 
and dauntless* 



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FIFTEENTH 



No ever-living brook of perennial bliss flows from 
the heart in which no gratitude lives* 



SIXTEENTH 

If a man pats a force into another life, he has put 
something into this world that will never die* 

SEVENTEENTH 

Did you ever think of this: Think and thank come 
from the same stem* Then he who thinks ought to 
thank* 

EIGHTEENTH 
A Christian is a man plus Jesus Christ* 



NINETEENTH 

A man's ambition will determine largely not only 
what he will be, but how he will end his life* 



TWENTIETH 

Get riches, and then be rich in good works* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

Merit and manhood, womanhood and wisdom, can- 
not be bought with money* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

It is easier to go with the crowd than to go against 
it; easier to go with the crowd than to break through it* 

TWENTY-THIRD 

There is good enough in any of us to justify God in 
seeking us, and evil enough in us to encourage Satan 
in trying to gain us* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

Not where we live, but what lives in us, is the 
prophecy of where we shall live by and by* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

Grant, O Heavenly Father, that we may realize the 
sublime possibilities that are ours! 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

The hardest problem I have to face is how to rule, 
not others, but myself* 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

Society is swept with one craze to-day, another to- 
morrow — fasting one day, feasting the next* 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

There is something abiding in the faith of Jesus 
Christ* 



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TWENTY-NINTH 

Our possessions may come by fraud, force or favor. 

THIRTIETH 

Let us keep alive the memory of our soldier-dead by 
standing by the principles for which they fought, and 
making secure the possessions which they won, 

THIRTY-FIRST 

What will satisfy people depends upon what is in 
people* 



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I believe in a religion that has a dividend here and 
now* I believe in a faith that works to-day* That 
is all we need to know about it* I do not need to solve 
high problems* I do not need to have a system of 
philosophy* I do not need to know all about God* 
All I need to know is that His trust works* That is 
trust in God* 



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FIRST 

Oar richest blessings come to as when we are bea 
ing our heaviest burdens, walking the gloomiest pat 
way, or climbing the most rugged mountain* 

SECOND 

No storm can sink a bark that carries in it the Son 
of God* 

THIRD 

You can judge a man by the enemies he makes* as 
well as the friends he has* 



FOURTH 

We are all builders, but none are contractors in the 
matters of character* Each creates his own, and not 
another's* 

FIFTH 

A thing so small that we count it nothing is some- 
times big in God's sight, and carries in it germs of | 
splendid achievements* 

SIXTH 

You can trace every gift back to the original giver 
—God* 

SEVENTH 

The common people have always been dear to God 
and from them He has selected His choicest followers 
and most efficient workers* 



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EIGHTH 

A church that has a spiritual knowledge and is will- 
ing to reveal that knowledge will stand* 

NINTH 

God can make great use of a man who has made a 
mistake, when he is willing to get away from it* 

TENTH 

What one stands for will determine what he will 
have to stand against* 

ELEVENTH 

The greatest thing for me is to know what to live 
for, and then to live for it* 

TWELFTH 

Banes, bothers and burdens beset every believer, but 
Christ is more than sufficient for them all* 



THIRTEENTH 

Three things will come to those who listen to God 
and walk with him; success, stability and sustenance* 



FOURTEENTH 

One of the greatest inspirations of life is to be con- 
scious that some one loves us* 



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FIFTEENTH 

God's thoughts are like a piece of art carefully de- 
signed and carefully thought out — like a piece of 
tapestry, each thread colored to harmonize with the 
others* 

SIXTEENTH 

Wealth never satisfies* The more a man has the 
worse he wants more* 

SEVENTEENTH 

You don't need to plant weeds to have them grow* 
They grow of themselves, like sin, without cultiva- 
tion* 

EIGHTEENTH 

The reason God's word amounts to so little in some 
lives is that it does not have a fair chance, being choked 
to death* 

NINETEENTH 

Salvation is free, but transportation isn't* It costs 
something to carry Christ to the lost* 

TWENTIETH 

Your home wouldn't be secure if you were to re- 
move from it the protection of a Christian civilization* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

God has indissolubly linked together the home and 
foreign field* There is in His sight only one mission 
filled, the word* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

If there has ever been an act of Providence that can- 
not be mistaken, it is the bringing to oar shore of 
different nationalities to go back and tell the story of 
Jesus Christ* 

TWENTY-THIRD 

Once get a glimpse of what God would have you be t 
and you nevermore can be what you are and be con- 
tented* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

Christianity is a real thing* the right thing* and the 
thing for a sinful world* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

It is easier to begin than to complete* to start in the 
right way than to keep in it* 

TWENTY-SIXTH 
Christ has left us not merely a text book but a life* 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

It is better to blunder trying to do something than 
to blunder in not attempting anything* 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

The test of Christians is not only in what they say 
but in what they do* 



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TWENTY-NINTH 



May the lips human, to-day t express the message 
divine! 

THIRTIETH 

There was never anyone in the world who did any- 
thing worth while who was not found fault with by 
some one* 



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I am thankful this America of ours is growing in 
power and influence and I believe that this republic 
of ours is to be a missionary to all lands and she will 
have a voice that will reach farther and farther until 
it will reach into the uttermost bounds of the universe* 



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FIRST 

The man who can vote and won't vote, ought to be 
voted out* 

SECOND 

In order to walk with God a man doesn't have to 
get out of the world* Enoch walked with God and 
men both* 

THIRD 

One of the great hindrances and dangers of our gen- 
eration is that we have no time to hear the voice of 
God* 

FOURTH 

Human history in this nation is divine history* the 
working out of a divine problem and a divine issue* 

FIFTH 

God has exceedingly hard work to get us to do some- 
thing without the pay for it being in sight* 

SIXTH 

Between you and God there is a gate* a flood gate; 
you can open and shut it* just as you please* 

SEVENTH 

The happiest life ever lived is the life that is lived 
by the faith of the Son of God* 



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EIGHTH 

It is a sin for you to allow others to do all the work 
that God intended for you* 

NINTH 

Righteousness was never popular in this world and 
it isn't yet* 

TENTH 

You can't keep good and evil in the same heart very 
long* Either the evil must go out or the good will take 
its departure* 

ELEVENTH 

If we had better memories* we would be better 
workmen and Christians both* 



TWELFTH 

Patriotism is a bigger thing than any party's theory 
of finance* 



THIRTEENTH 

Christianity brings to mankind the hope of an end- 
less life* 

FOURTEENTH 

Borderland Christians are in perilous surroundings* 
The danger line is along the border* 



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FIFTEENTH 

At it, all at it, and always at it, ought to be the 
motto of every believer* 

SIXTEENTH 

Money is a thing a few people affect to despise, all 
want, and none refuse* 

SEVENTEENTH 

Custom may purify as well as pollute, be helpful as 
well as hurtful* 



EIGHTEENTH 

The way to conquer is to surrender to Jesus Christ* 
The best way to keep your soul is to give it to Him* 



NINETEENTH 

A most important point in your career is the begin- 
ning* Make it right* 

TWENTIETH 

Get on to the mountains of God and get a new 
vision of His beauty, and how you will long for Him* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

What is in your mind presages what is most likely 
to follow in your life* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 



The greatest bargains are not always fotmd where 
the advertisements are the largest* 



TWENTY-THIRD 

It is easier to copy than to create, to imitate than 
to invent* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

Seek that pleasure that shall inspire a life, that men 
shall admire and God applaud* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

First ground your soul in Him* and then investigate* 
Take hold of the line that is securely fastened in the 
light ere you begin to explore the darkened places* 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

It is a great thing for one who goes into battle to 
have a general who knows both military tactics and the 
lay of the land* 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

What we put away from us determines what is put 
away for us t and also what will stay with us* 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

Friendship is a union of individuals founded on mu- 
tual respect and esteem* 



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TWENTY-NINTH 

The soul deprived of every comfort, and every 
human resource may rejoice in the God of his salva- 
tion* 

THIRTIETH 
The strength of a man's life is in his habit* 

THIRTY-FIRST 

It is not the water in the ocean that sinks the ship, 
but the water in the ship, and not the evil in the world 
but the evil in you that drags you down* 



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GLAD SERVICE 

What the Lord wants of us is a willing and glad serv- 
ice when called to do what may not be most tasteful 
to us as well as when summoned to what is according 
to our own hearts choice* One of our little girls in a 
recent children's meeting showed that she appreciated 
what her religion was intended to do for her t when 
she prayed: "Dear Jesus t help me to do what I don't 
want to do and do it pleasantly*" Love for Christ ought 
to enable one to do without sulking the most distaste- 
ful of tasks, even as Jacob's love for Rachel made 
the seven years' service seem but a few days in spite 
of the drought by day and the frost by night, when 
sleep departed from his eyes* 



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FIRST 

There are two great sources of delight, anticipation 
and reminiscence: the latter may be just as rich as the 
former, if you choose to make it so* 

SECOND 

The exceptional service in the kingdom of God* and 
out of it is the service that costs* 

THIRD 

Christ came that we might know how to live* not 
that we might exist; to help us up, not to twit us with 
being down* 

FOURTH 

God t in order to encourage His people* gives them 
promises* 

FIFTH 

Baptism is not saving* but it is showing salvation* 
It does not redeem a soul but it reveals the fact that 
we have put our trust in Him* 

SIXTH 

There is nothing in all this world more emphatic 
than contrasts* Ugliness never looks so repulsive as 
it does beside beauty* and beauty never looks more 
charming than when in companionship with homeli- 
ness* 

SEVENTH 

The choicest human commodity is character, and yet 
it is often destroyed for a trifle* 



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EIGHTH 



The difference between sin and right is the differ- 
ence between concord and discord* 



NINTH 

Many people hear "the word" and nothing comes of 
it, because the heart is preoccupied* 



TENTH 

If you do your best, you have done as well as any, 
for no one can do better than his best* 



ELEVENTH 

Piety can thrive anywhere, in the home* the office, 
in the street, amidst evil surroundings or good* 

TWELFTH 

The world still admires and loves a man that dares 
something* 

THIRTEENTH 

A promise is an assurance that something will be 
kept or done by and by* 

FOURTEENTH 

If there were fewer itching ears in the world there 
would be fewer tattling tongues* 



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FIFTEENTH 

Enoch was in harmony with God, with a heart at- 
tuned to His heart, and so you can be* 

SIXTEENTH 

You can have the consciousness that you are accept- 
able to God if you walk with Him* 

SEVENTEENTH 

Christianity is not belief in a creed but trust in a 
Christ* 

EIGHTEENTH 

The best medicine that we get is sometimes bitter, 
and the best lessons that we learn are often learned in 
pain and hardship* 

NINETEENTH 

If your plan is opposed to the will of God, it is doomed 
to defeat* 

TWENTIETH 

Riches don't make the pillow any softer for the head 
when we come to lay it down for the last time* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

To give victory is God's part; to render obedience is 
ours* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

It is the holding oat of a remedy, not the speaking of 
a reproof, that is going to help this world* 

TWENTY-THIRD 

The thing that made Paul ready to die was that 
there was life beyond* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

A spiritual inventory is a profitable thing for every 
Christian* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

Many a heart goes hungry for an appreciation that 
is treasured up in a heart that loves but does not find 
expression* 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

Any activity that we may put forth in another's 
vineyard doesn't make ours secure* unless it too is 
kept* 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

To acknowledge a truth doesn't save a man* Only 
when he surrenders to it and lets it become operative 
in his life does salvation come* 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

The purpose in our existence is to put something 
into life that we do not take out* to leave at our de- 
mise more than we brought when we came* 



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TWENTY-NINTH 

Jesus Christ puts the choicest wares of heaven on 
the low shelf within the reach of the humblest of 
earth* 

THIRTIETH 

First to be told and then to tell, first to be taught 
and then to teach t first to discover and then to declare 
the spiritual truth within you, is the Christ -approved 
way for His church* 

THIRTY-FIRST 

It is not what we know but what we tell that en- 
riches others* 




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ONE DAY AT A TIME 

I remember when a lad riding into the country with 
my father that we seemed to be approaching a high 
and ragged hill around whose base ran a swift stream* 
I could see no road either leading over the mountain 
or around it* The road seemed to end just ahead* 
I was worried as to how we were ever going to get 
over the hill* I asked my father what we should do* 
He simply laughed and drove right on* The roadway 
was clear and smooth as far as we went and opened 
up to us as we went ahead until I could clearly behold 
a way leading around the mountain between its base 
and the river* My trouble was in wanting to see too 
far ahead* So many of our troubles come from our 
desire to see more than a day's journey ahead* We 
are exhausted by trying to carry the burdens of a 
week or a year at a time* We have only to face to- 
day^ troubles or carry to-day's loads now* We can 
master them* Then let us do it, and leave to-mor- 
row's until we reach them* 



FIRST 

Sin, Satan and Selfishness are a triple alliance that 
has been formed for your downfall and overthrow* 

SECOND 

Common services are good, but the uncommon one 
is the one that taxes our purses, our minds, and our 
powers in order to perform it* 

THIRD 

The "narrow way" and the "narrow gate" do not 
mean narrow minds, for we are to be like God* 

FOURTH 

Not only where one is but also what he has over- 
come in getting there settles how much credit is dm 
him* 

FIFTH 

The sinner is welcome in God's house that he may 
have pardon for every transgression and forgiveness 
for every sin* 

SIXTH 

God's promises, oh, how comforting! Take them 
out of our lives and see how much of consolation is 
gone, and what emptiness is left* 

SEVENTH 

Habit is neither instinct nor intuition, but an acqui- 
sition* 



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EIGHTH 

The best revelation ever made of the Christ, and the 
most enduring monument that is ever built to His 
memory, is a life animated by the spirit that animated 
Him* 

NINTH 

As you choose, you live* The character of your 
choice will determine the character of your conduct* 

TENTH 

Friendship may be a stumbling-block to ruin or a 
stepping-stone to happiness* 

ELEVENTH 

Three burdens are revealed in the Bible: The one 
we ought to bear* somebody else's; the one we must 
bear, accountability for our own lives; and the one we 
ought not to bear, anxiety about the future, which God 
is ready to take* 

TWELFTH 

It is the Rock that is higher than we for which we 
are all longing — the Rock that is above the waters de- 
fying the billows where safety is* 

THIRTEENTH 
Who can be a help like the God of Jacob? 

FOURTEENTH 

Pleasures ought to be chosen that will leave a pleas- 
ant taste, not a bitter one* 




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FIFTEENTH 

Temper is something for which we are neither to be 
blamed nor praised, but for the control and use of 
which you and I, and no other, are responsible* 

SIXTEENTH 

That which we create not may modify that which 
we do create* 

SEVENTEENTH 

Sin is "coming short," "missing the mark" — coming 
short of God's ideal, missing the goal God has set for 
us* 

EIGHTEENTH 

Usage is unsteady and unreliable, yet it is followed 
by multitudes who make it their god and guide* 

NINETEENTH 

It is not sinful to love yourself, but it is a sin not 
to love anyone but yourself* 

TWENTIETH 

We thank Thee, O God, that Thou dost require us 
to take only one step at a time* Give us grace to take 
each step as it is revealed to us* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

Money procures many things, but not all things, nor 
the most precious and abiding* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

Man can sell his soul but he cannot buy it back with 
gold or silver or corruptible things* the only wares he 
has left after bargaining away his soul* 

TWENTY-THIRD 
Be well-to-do, but learn to do well* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

A tongue may be a busy-body or a blessing-bringer* 
a gossip-scavenger or a grace-sower* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

Afflictions may be the weights that hold you down 
while you are looking for the sparkling jewel, as they 
do the diver while he picks the pearls frcm the ocean 
bed* 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

When God gave you germs of greatness He ex- 
pected growth in greatness* 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

When do you get the best view of Christ* when you 
are riding on the high tide of prosperity or battling 
with the deep waves of gloom? 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

The thing that costs us little we care little about* 




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TWENTY-NINTH 

As you decide, your deeds will be* What you settle 
in your mind will to a large degree settle what shall 
come into your life* 

THIRTIETH 

Jesus Christ came to bring what we had not, not 
what was ours already* 



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SEEMING MISTAKES 

One Sunday evening at an after-meeting a young 
girl asked to be remembered in prayer* I intended 
to speak to her before she went out* but instead of 
going directly to her I went to the door to intercept 
another with whom I wished to speak t intending to 
speak to the other as she came down the aisle* Not 
knowing her very well* I picked out the one I supposed 
to be the right one and talked with her and found she 
wanted to be a Christian* But after she had gone 
out I ascertained from one of the deacons that it was 
the wrong girl* not the one who had arisen* But the 
spirit meant it all right and as a result I reached them 
both, so that what seemed to be a mistake was the 
carrying out of the spirits purpose* 



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FIRST 

It is not work but worry that destroys men* The 
Bible teaches us that we should do our best and trust 
the rest to God* 

SECOND 

God who created you with a free will will never 
over-ride that will* 

THIRD 

Just as surely as there are two ends to a railroad 
there are two ways and two destinies in life* 

FOURTH 

Repentance will bring forgiveness but it won't re- 
move scars* recover wasted strength nor rebuild 
broken down walls* 

FIFTH 

The right hand of the Most High can change your 
sorrow into joy* your weakness into strength* There- 
fore* look up* believing* cheer up* stand up* 

SIXTH 

I believe in science; I believe in religion; I believe 1 
that God is the author of both* 

SEVENTH 

One's outfit for life in no inconsiderable degree con- 
ditions the income from life* He impoverishes his 1 
achievements who curtails his armament* 



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EIGHTH 

No man can build an eternal habitation for you* but 

imany of us can contribute the means to propel you 
and help you in deciding the style you will erect* 

NINTH 

It is a profitable thing for a person to sit down and 
count the probable cost before setting out in an enter- 
prise or upon a career* 

TENTH 

The great question is not what my neighbor thinks 
of me, but am I like current coin before my God? 

ELEVENTH 

There isn't an emergency in your life when God 
will not stand by you* 

TWELFTH 

God's plan is bound to succeed* Your contrary plan 
may succeed for a while* but wait* the end is not yet* 

THIRTEENTH 

Divine wisdom consumed eighty years of Moses* life 
i in getting him ready for forty years' work* but it made 
a success of him* and glorified God too* 

FOURTEENTH 

We are so impatient that too often we are not willing 
to wait long enough to consult God* and so plunge into 
disaster* 



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FIFTEENTH 

Every man who has led a noble life has had an ideal 
as an inspiration* 

SIXTEENTH 

We borrow trouble when we have more of oar own 
than we can manage* and go a long way in imagination 
to meet troubles that never come* 

SEVENTEENTH 

Get a man's heart on something and you have an- 
chored him* The heart's affections are stronger than 
the intellect* 

EIGHTEENTH 

Christianity is not merely a sentiment in the mind 
but a sentiment clothed in everyday life* 

NINETEENTH 

When you lose your self respect you lose one of the 
holiest things in your life* 

TWENTIETH 

To make blunders is not evidence of great ability, 
yet no amount of ability will make one exempt from 
them* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

It is easier to see what we have done than to see 
what we are going to do* and easier to see the mistake 
in another life than to see it in our own* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

A man docs not stand any less honored of men be- 
cause he honors the Son of God* 

TWENTY-THIRD 

It is the thing for which we labor the hardest of 
which we are most jealous* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

Bible religion in its spirit has fostered every brand 
of human learning, and is a promoter of, not a foe to t 
education* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

Jesus Christ did not come into the world to create 
intellect but to direct it* 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

When God gives anyone a power or possession, an 
office or opportunity, it is given as a trust to be 
administered by him for the general weal* 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

Riches in the heart are bad, riches in the hand may 
be good* 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

In Christ I have a twofold revelation, — a manifesta- 
tion of what God is, and a disclosure of what man is 
intended to be* 



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TWENTY-NINTH 

God does for us what we cannot* not what wc can* 
Men could roll away the stone from Lazarus' tomb, 
and they were asked to do it* The women could not 
remove the stone from Jesus' sepulcher and angels die 
it for them* 

THIRTIETH 

You can't accept a gift from Almighty God without 
having a responsibility attached to it* 

THIRTY-FIRST 

The best test of loyalty to country is not fireworks; 
not conning the laws of the land* but conforming to 
them* 



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IMPROVEMENT 

God expects that the children shall be an improve- 
ment upon their parents and provides the means for 
promoting the end in view* 



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FIRST 

The Christian is here for business and that business 
to correct and cure, to preserve and purify, uplift and 
uphold all that makes for the best and purest in human 
life. 

SECOND 

To tempt God means overdoing God's patience* 



THIRD 

Religion that will not run is risky, and faith that will 
not follow is faulty* 



FOURTH 

You and I must serve as crutches, if the weak ones 
are to stand* 



FIFTH 

If we would help with our hands, we would have 
more hope in our hearts* 

SIXTH 
Over all the world's history is the eye of the Father* 



SEVENTH 

We must see God's footsteps and point them out to 
the world* 



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EIGHTH 

If the world is going to be saved, we mast be in it, 
bat we must be unlike it* 

NINTH 

Make your aspiration just as high as the life and 
character of Jesus Christ* 

TENTH 

As the bride holds the first place in the heart of the 
husband, so should the church be first among societies 
in the Christian's regard* 

ELEVENTH 

The crucial question is not what do you believe, but 
whom do you trust; not with which school of theology 
are you in agreement, but where is your deposit* 

TWELFTH 

The "ends of the earth" are coming to us, and it is 
our business to reveal Christ to them* 

THIRTEENTH 

You can't get to heaven on the ladder of mortality 
for one round is left out* 

FOURTEENTH 

It is not an evidence that you will succeed because 
you can tell why another failed, nor a sign you are 
perfect because you point out another's imperfection* 



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FIFTEENTH 

God has committed to you for keeping and cultiva- 
tion the most valuable thing in the world, — a soul* 

SIXTEENTH 

Habit is not made in a single moment nor by a single 
deed* 

SEVENTEENTH 

If you shut Christ out, you shut out the choicest 
agency in character formation* 

EIGHTEENTH 

We have been placed in this world not to be amused 
or admired, not to sigh or simper, but to be noble and 
ennoble, and to stand up and lift up somebody else* 

NINETEENTH 

Religion is a matter of attitude as well as attain- 
ments, of disposition as well as deportment, of spirit 
as well as service* 

TWENTIETH 

There have been more friendships broken by a rumor 
than by a deed f by misunderstandings than by mis- 
deeds* 

TWENTY-FIRST 

The religion of Jesus Christ has a touch as well as a 
tongue* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

You can't estimate a man's character by his pocket- 
book or his bank account* 



TWENTY-THIRD 

Gaining a livelihood is not to be despised, but it is 
not the sole purpose for which we have been placed 
in the world and endowed with mighty powers of 
mind and soul* 



TWENTY-FOURTH 

We will have to come close to God if we save the 
world* 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

You do not enter the narrow gate to the broad way t 
nor do you enter the broad gate to the narrow way* 



TWENTY-SIXTH 

Be thankful for things you already have; thank Him 
for the experience you had in getting it; thank Him 
for what you did not get, and thank Him for what you 
have not yet attained* 



TWENTY-SEVENTH 

Diligence is an instant, earnest endeavor* Make an 
honest endeavor to do your best, and do it now* 



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TWENTY-EIGHTH 
There is a place to begin as well as a way to begin* 

TWENTY-NINTH 

There are two things that are worth doing t one is to 
listen to God, and the other is to walk as He would 
have you* 

THIRTIETH 

The book of Proverbs is one of the best things for 
a business man, a good thing for a society woman, a 
guide for a preacher, and a help for the boy and girL 



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MOMENTUM OF HABIT 

While walking along with a package in each hand 
I came to a slippery incline, and as I attempted to as- 
cend it I slipped back* Stepping back a few steps, I 
ran until I had acquired a momentum sufficient to 
carry me over the difficult place* 

So by cultivating good habits we can acquire a mo- 
mentum that will help us when we come to the difficult 
place in life or to the hour of temptation* 



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FIRST 

It is easier to ask Him for what we want than to 
thank Him for what we get* 



SECOND 

If God is willing to daily bear our burdens, dearly 
beloved, let Him do it* 

THIRD 

The workman not to be ashamed is the one who 
keeps at his task until it is finished* 

FOURTH 

Christianity is not simply a life service; it is a love 
service* 

FIFTH 

Many kind words lose much of their value because 
not spoken until too late* 

SIXTH 

Every one of us has something that no one else can 
keep for us* — a vineyard of our own* 

SEVENTH 

Another man may put a thought into your mind or 
stir your soul, but you are responsible for what it does 
there* 



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EIGHTH 

Sympathy is worth more than gold; it is beyond the 
price of rubies* 

NINTH 

All the knowledge you have in your brain does not 
enrich the world until you reveal it to the world* 

TENTH 

Because you are a Christian does not mean that 
there will not be a trial for you, but that there will be 
a trial-helper at your side* 

ELEVENTH 

Little! Oh, yes t little! But how God multiplies the 
little, making a few loaves feed the thousands and a 
handful of meal support a family* 

TWELFTH 

It is a great thing to be the object of another's af- 
fection and to be admitted to the sanctuary of another's 
heart* 

THIRTEENTH 

Jesus Christ does not force His way into any heart* 
He stands at the door and knocks* 

FOURTEENTH 

Worry about things that have not come means in- 
efficiency in things that are here* 



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FIFTEENTH 

A man that is going to have a harvest will do some- 
thing beside look for it ; he will have to work for it* 

SIXTEENTH 

A thornless rose is an anomaly in nature* A life 
made perfect without affliction is an unknown thing* 

SEVENTEENTH 

You may throw the rose out of the house* but the 
fragrance still lingers in the atmosphere* 

EIGHTEENTH 

The success of your life depends largely upon your 
improvement of the great and vital opportunities that 
present themselves* 

NINETEENTH 
Winning out is a process; it is not a single act* 

TWENTIETH 

He who is fretting over the rain of yesterday cannot 
enjoy the sunshine of to-day, any more than he who 
is bemoaning the past can get joy out of the present* 



TWENTY-FIRST 

When one man's wisdom fails* it is a call for another 
man to use his* 



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TWENTY-SECOND 

We are indebted to this world for some things we 
did not order* 

TWENTY-THIRD 

The more you take up of another's burden, the 
lighter will be your own* 

TWENTY-FOURTH 

"Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift." 
Never has there been one more precious. 

TWENTY-FIFTH 

Love is two-faced. It looks two ways, toward God 
and toward man. The commandments are summed up 
in the word "love." 

TWENTY-SIX 

You cannot raise a soul from "the Slough of De- 
spond" by a single lift, nor lead the enshackled from 
thralldom by a single word. Keep at it. 

TWENTY-SEVENTH 

The church stands in need of people like Onesiphorus 
who can do more than one thing. 

TWENTY-EIGHTH 

God does not say that when we enter the way that 
leads into His kingdom that no enemy will be there, 
but that He will be with us to meet the foe. 



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TWENTY-NINTH 

When God wants to make a strong character He 
puts before the one who is to possess it something 
hard to do* 

THIRTIETH 

The great need of a sinful world is not so much to 
be reminded that it is wrong as a help to get right* 

THIRTY-FIRST 

In looking back over the past year, we may fold our 
hands and bow our heads* saying not despondently 
but hopefully, "God forgive me that it was not better," 
and take for our motto for the coming year, "Better, 
by the grace of God*" 



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